1973 CONCACAF Championship

1973 CONCACAF Championship
Coupe des nations de la CONCACAF 1973
Tournament details
Host country Haiti
Dates 29 November – 18 December
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Haiti (1st title)
Runners-up  Trinidad and Tobago
Third place  Mexico
Fourth place  Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 43 (2.87 per match)
Top scorer(s) Trinidad and Tobago Steve David (7 goals)

The 1973 CONCACAF Championship, the sixth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Haiti from 29 November to 18 December. All matches were played at Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince. This is the first edition to double as qualification for the World Cup. Haiti became winners for the first time in the CONCACAF region and qualified for West Germany '74. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the World Cup.

Qualification

Venues

Port-au-Prince
Stade Sylvio Cator
Capacity: 15,000

Results

[1][2]

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Haiti 8540183+5
2  Trinidad and Tobago 65302114+7
3  Mexico 65221105+5
4  Honduras 55131660
5  Guatemala 35032462
6  Netherlands Antilles 2502341915

30 November 1973
Mexico  0–0  Guatemala


3 December 1973
Honduras  1–1  Mexico
Guifarro H. López


5 December 1973
Netherlands Antilles  2–2  Guatemala
Koots
Schoop
Morales

7 December 1973
Haiti  1–0  Honduras
G. Saint-Vil


10 December 1973
Trinidad and Tobago  1–0  Guatemala
David  30'

12 December 1973
Honduras  2–2  Netherlands Antilles
Guifarro
Soza
Clemencia
St. Jago

13 December 1973
Haiti  2–1  Guatemala
Sanon Bolanos

14 December 1973
Trinidad and Tobago  4–0  Mexico
Cummings  35', 39'
David  52'
Archibald  62'

15 December 1973
Honduras  1–1  Guatemala
Guifarro Mendez


18 December 1973
Haiti  0–1  Mexico
Borja  30'

Haiti qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

1973 CONCACAF Championship Winners

Haiti
First title

Goalscorers

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

See also

References

  1. Stokkermans, Karel & Jarreta, Sergio Henrique. "World Cup 1974 Qualifying". RSSSF, 22 October 1999. Retrieved on 24 March 2013.
  2. FIFA.com. "1974 FIFA World Cup Germany™ Preliminaries: Results, North, Central American and Caribbean Zone". FIFA. Retrieved on 24 March 2013.
  3. Reyes Padilla, Macario. "Mexico - International Results Details 1970-1979". RSSSF, 18 September 2008. Retrieved on 24 March 2013.
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